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Gostavatu
Spectators: 7994 (Terracing: 5997, Seating: 1838, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mihăiţă Benga started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marko Helander in the 8th minute of play forced Arsenal Royal Court's goalkeeper Alex Macri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ferdinand Grigoriu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. InglouriousBastards's Teodor Coșereanu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ionel Papaiani in the 11th minute of play. In the 12th minute Sabin Aldescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodor Coșereanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by InglouriousBastards's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sabin Aldescu was slow to take the kick. During this time Arsenal Royal Court's players had a chance to rest. Arsenal Royal Court were furious when Liviu Bungescu was red carded, 19 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 19th minute of the game. One of Arsenal Royal Court:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of InglouriousBastards:s goal. Corneliu Bușcu did an outstanding performance 22 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 0-1 to the right of an irritated Alex Macri in the goal. Marko Helander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Alex Macri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ionel Papaiani in the 26th minute of play forced InglouriousBastards's goalkeeper Teodor Coșereanu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Sabin Aldescu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teodor Coșereanu was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Petrică Blajovan hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After 31 played minutes InglouriousBastards got a freekick which was hit by Conrado Ilixo. In the 36th minute Sabin Aldescu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teodor Coșereanu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marko Helander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alex Macri took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marko Helander, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arsenal Royal Court's Alex Macri played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mihăiţă Benga in the 47th minute of play. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Alex Macri was out of position in the 51 minute of play, and Marko Helander capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marko Helander really showed his touch with that goal: 1-2. Alex Macri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mihăiţă Benga in the 55th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, Arsenal Royal Court's goal looked a bit too open when Conrado Ilixo came free, but Alex Macri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Eugen Cârnu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ionel Papaiani kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. 73 minutes into the match, Arsenal Royal Court's goal looked a bit too open when Mihăiţă Benga came free, but Alex Macri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arsenal Royal Court's Alex Macri proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 77th minute of the match, managed to save Arsenal Royal Court from getting a goal against them. In the 78th minute Mihăiţă Benga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alex Macri saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Eugen Cârnu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 81 played minutes InglouriousBastards got a freekick which was hit by Mihăiţă Benga. Alex Macri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marko Helander, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Iulian Hreapcă hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. Through an outstanding action, after 85 minutes, Alex Macri successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 86th minute, Stratos Kallioras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 88th minute of the match InglouriousBastards got a corner. Arsenal Royal Court's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Corneliu Bușcu ran over to the corner to take the kick. Corneliu Bușcu made a great header on InglouriousBastards's corner, it was just that Arsenal Royal Court's Alex Macri managed to reach the ball for a save. 1-3 became the score in the 90th minute when Adrian Tuleiu elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 93 minutes into the match, Arsenal Royal Court's goal looked a bit too open when Mihăiţă Benga came free, but Alex Macri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The InglouriousBastards players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.